Tag Archives: SNAP

Area service providers, including the Hoosier Hills Food Bank, are stocking up in order to cover the so-called SNAP Gap, following the federal government shutdown; The City of Bloomington began an extensive survey of municipal trees, last week; Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton will give his annual State of the City Address, on Thursday night; The Indiana House of Representatives passed a preliminary state …

Administrators in Indianapolis said the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, or WIC program, have not announced any change in their assistance distribution, and do not expect a funding shortage until into February; A bipartisan bill in Congress would make the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore a National Park; Hundreds of women marched in downtown Indianapolis over the weekend, braving …

On Friday,  585,000 food stamp beneficiaries in Indiana were told they will not receive food stamps next month. The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration announced they will be distributing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits early this month. The FSSA receives their funding primarily from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. FSSA Division of Family Resources Director Adrienne Shields said benefits …

Bloomington residents near the Grimes and Walnut Street sewer replacement project will have to bear another month of night time drilling. Among the proposed changes in a new traffic plan for Bloomington is an idea to replace the existing north and south one ways of Walnut and College, in downtown Bloomington, with two-way streets.  The city of Bloomington is removing addresses …

On Friday morning, a Noblesville middle school joined 23 other schools which have experienced gun violence so far this year; The Federal Emergency Management Agency is opening five disaster relief centers across Indiana; Twenty-three Bloomington nonprofits stand to receive more than $300,000 in grants, collectively; The Bloomington Farmer’s Market is offering to double the dollars of people using food stamps; …

The U.S. House of Representatives struck down the first draft of the Federal Farm bill, yesterday. The bill, which is rewritten every four years, provides subsidies and insurance to farmers and agricultural businesses. It also serves as the regulatory legislation for SNAP benefits, formerly called food stamps. The failed congressional draft would have expanded work requirements for SNAP beneficiaries. The …

Indiana University will be redeveloping Crosstown Plaza, on 10th street in Bloomington; The influential pop artist Robert Clark, later known as Robert Indiana, died this weekend; The Richland Bean Blossom Community School Board has approved contracting with investment bankers George K Baum and Company to assist with its finances. FEATURE A revision to the federal Farm Bill failed in Congress …

The U.S. congress is currently drafting a new Farm bill. In addition to providing insurance and subsidies for farmers and agricultural businesses, the bill would also cut benefits and increase work requirements for SNAP recipients. WFHB’s Jonah Chester talks with local food charities about the potential increase in demand if the cuts go through.